The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-10-06
WHTWORTK COLLEGE.
Auspicious Opening Of This No
ted Institution.
Bright Prospects for q Successful
Term,

ed the second opening of this justly re
nowned and notable Institution under til,
present management, the exercises Wed
nesday evening IN honor TO the occasion
being exceedingly appropriate ant
interesting. These took place in the
neat and spacious chapel in TIA,
Institute building, and were wit
messed by large number of the loca
friends and patrons of the College aud q
number of visitors from distance. Gov
Lowry and other distinguished gentlemen
from a distance had accepted invitation:
to deliver short addresses OH the occasion
but the train on which they were to come
being delayed, they failed to arrive, and
as President Fitzhugh said, it was nee.
essary to fall back on our home talent,
of which there was no lack, for impromp-
tn addresses.
Judge Chrsman was the first speaker
called out, aud as he always does, ac-
quilted himself most gracefully, impress
ing upon his hearers, and especially the
College giIls, the Importance of imprOv-
ing their present opportunities.
He was followed by Hon. j. S. Sexton,
of Hazlehurst, u member of the Board OF
Trustees, who adverted to the great repu-
tation Whitworth had won, the large
number of her alumne, and the sore strait
the Board of TIT felt themselves in
when the hand of death removed the late
distinguished President. He compared
the present auspiclous occasion to the
opening of last years when the new Presi-
dent, whose selection special Provi-
dence seems to have directed, was just
entering upon his untried duties and
responsibilities, and the solicitude and
anxiety all felt AS to what would be the
Colleges future. That problem had been
solved, the new hand at the helm was q
safe one, and now the prospects of the
College are brighter than ever be-
fore.
Mr.. Sexton was followed by Bishop
Galloway in his usual happy style, who
spoke of the encouraging prospects Of the
College, its widespread reputation, and
the large field from which it attracted
patronage, citing the fact that Oh the
opening day it numbered among its stu
dents young ladies not ouly from Mississ-
ippi, but from Alabama, Missouri, Ten
nesSec, Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Ter
ritory and even as far Oft as Central
America.
While President Fitzhugh was looking
over the audience for another imprOmptu
speaker, he was loudly called upon him
self for speech, and responded III the
most pleasing and earnest manner. He
WAS greatly gratiiicd and encouraged at
the success the College had attained uu-
der his administration, and the many
manifestations of good will and encour-
agcment he Ind received from it's friends
and patrons, without which his own eff
forts must have resulted in failure.
His highest ambition WAS To make the
College reach a point of excellence II had
never yet atta'ped--H university for me
higher trrinlng OF the young wonanh"od
of the country equal to any in all our
broad land. And he said, Il ain espec-
tally DESTROYS that the citizens of Brook
haven shall feel that it is their College,
and that | and it arc identified with
| them
| At the close of President FitzhuIh' :
remarks, the benediction was pronounced
| by the Rev. Mr.. Harris, and the audience
dispersed highly pleased with the even
| ing's entertainment.
There were an unusually large number
of new students in attendance for the
opening day, and they have been coming
III by nearly every train since, so that the
present term will doubtless be the most
prosperous the College has yet expert
enced. In short, WhitwOrth is Oh Il
boom.
We can't close this allusion to the open
! ing without at least mention OF the
great improvements made in the boarding
department of the College by Mrs. Kidd,
the cultivated, elegant and refined little
lady who presides over this department
aud makes it to every girl who
enters it's portals refined and pleas
ant home. The painters brush has trans
formed the building from cupola tt
foundation stone, and it must be pleas
ing sensation to the old students who have
returned to mark the change. repre-
! sant.tiye of THE LEADER was kiIidlN
shown through the boarding department
by Mrs. Kidd the day before the opening
and observed that the inside, no less thar
tho outside, had undergone complete
transformation. New upholstery has beef
supplied wherever needed, aud every
thing made neat and attractive. AT ieaS
200 boarders can be easily accommodated
Every thing conducive to the convenience
and comfort of boarders has been pr0vl
ded, the rooms being heated by steam an(
and u bountif ul supply of pure fresh wa
ter provided from cisterns ana wells
two or three of which latter have beef
constructed during the vacation. Ih'
large dining hall is marbel of neatnes
and order, and much of the Tableware
is beautifully hand-painted-the worl
of old pupils under the skillful training
of Miss Maggie McEwen, the talented
art teacher. And the cuisine, judging
10y the samples tasted ON this aud othe
&C casions, could not be improved upon
pla ,yashint, 10 done nv steam, and Oh,